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DISCRIMINATION ADVOCACY | NAACP (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE)

Accepts complaints of discrimination and provides advocacy and other services for anyone who has experienced any form of discrimination. Also works to make change by advocating legislatively and socially.

What's Here

Individual Advocacy
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Legislative Advocacy
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance

WNY Council on Occupational Safety & Health (Service Group)

WNYCOSH provides occupational safety & health training and technical assistance for employers, unions, and community groups throughout WNY on over 80 topics.

What's Here

Chemicals Information
Sexual Harassment Prevention
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Work Hazards Consultation

Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc. (Service Group)

What's Here

Labor and Employment Law
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Ex-Offender Legal Assistance
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Name Change Assistance
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Advance Medical Directives
Life Care Planning
Public Defender
GI Rights Counseling
Immigration / Naturalization Legal Services
Real Estate Law
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Alimony Assistance
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Employment Discrimination Assistance
General Legal Aid
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Child Support Wage Assignment Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Criminal Law
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Legal Representation
Divorce Assistance
Consumer Law
Bankruptcy Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Trust Preparation Assistance

Office of Equal Employment Opportunity - Erie County Department of Public Advocacy

Office investigates harassment complaints and monitors equal employment and affirmative action policy and procedures. It also audits county contracts to maintain participation goals for Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) and Women-owned Business Enterprises (WBE), certifies businesses as women or minority owned, and monitors the county's personnel and hiring procedures to assure compliance with the County's affirmative action plan.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance
Licensing / Certification / Accreditation

PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION | PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION

A national organization that serves as a liaison between the patient and their insurer, employer and/or creditors to resolve insurance, job discrimination and/or debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis. Seeks to safeguard patients through mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of financial stability. Provides legal consultation and referral services for patients facing denial of insurance coverage, employment discrimination and need for negotiating support with public assistance programs. In situations of health crisis, careworkers offer free help in resolving issues. Website offers online request-for-help capability and has a directory of prescription drug patient assistance programs that offer medicines free of charge to physicians whose patients might not otherwise have access to necessary medicine.

What's Here

Patient Rights Assistance
Health Insurance Claims Assistance for Beneficiaries
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Debt Management
Insurance Claims Assistance
Patients

HEALTH RIGHTS ADVOCACY | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - REGION 2

Provides the information, guidance and help for Americans who want to file a complaint against any agency where there has been discrimination.

What's Here

Education Discrimination Assistance
HIPAA Complaints
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance

HUMAN RIGHTS ASSISTANCE | ULSTER COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

Receives and investigates complaints from individuals who believe they have been illegally discriminated against under New York State or federal human rights laws that apply to employment, housing, public accommodation, education and credit.

What's Here

Constitutional / Civil Rights Groups
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance

PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION | PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION

A national organization that serves as a liaison between the patient and their insurer, employer and/or creditors to resolve insurance, job discrimination and/or debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis. Seeks to safeguard patients through mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of financial stability. Provides legal consultation and referral services for patients facing denial of insurance coverage, employment discrimination and need for negotiating support with public assistance programs. In situations of health crisis, care workers offer free help in resolving issues. Website offers online request-for-help capability and has a directory of prescription drug patient assistance programs that offer medicines free of charge to physicians whose patients might not otherwise have access to necessary medicine.

What's Here

Patient Rights Assistance
Insurance Claims Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Mediation

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY | NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS - HUDSON VALLEY

Assists individuals with filling out the appropriate paperwork regarding discrimination and investigates the complaints. Also provides investigative information for legislation to help create or change laws.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance

CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY | NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL - MID HUDSON VALLEY

Assists individuals when they want to file a discrimination complaint when their civil rights have been violated.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance

FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ASSISTANCE (FMLA) | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

Entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons. Enforces continuation of health insurance coverege during leave.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance
Family and Medical Leave Act Regulation

Division of Equal Opportunity Development (DEOD) | New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) (Admin Site)

Ensures equality in the workplace and the delivery of customer services through taking discrimination and sexual harassment complaints. They also deal with issues with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), review unemployment insurance discrimination complaints, and provide administration and oversite of the Minority and Women's Business Program and of One-Stop Centers.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance

Division of Equal Opportunity Development (DEOD) | New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) (Admin Site)

Ensures equality in the workplace and the delivery of customer services through taking discrimination and sexual harassment complaints. They also deal with issues with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), review unemployment insurance discrimination complaints, and provide administration and oversite of the Minority and Women's Business Program and of One-Stop Centers.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance

CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY | LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND

Works to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and people with HIV or AIDS through impact litigation, education and public policy work. Pursues litigation in areas such as: housing, public accommodations, military, public policy, parenting and relationship issues, equal marriage rights, equal employment and domestic partnership benefits, and immigration issues.

What's Here

Individual Advocacy
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
LGBTQ Advocacy Groups

SEXUAL HARASSMENT HOTLINE - NYS HUMAN RIGHTS | NEW YORK STATE HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION

Sexual harassment laws protect all employees at any workplace, and individuals who visit a workplace in the course of their own work such as consultants, delivery drivers, repair technicians, or salespersons.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance
Labor and Employment Law

CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY | NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL - LOWER HUDSON VALLEY

Assists individuals when they want to file a discrimination complaint when their civil rights have been violated.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance

WNYCOSH Worker Center

Provides information and assistance around workers' rights education, health and safety training, and worker advocacy.

What's Here

Employment Related Advocacy Groups
Labor and Employment Law
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Workplace Safety Education

EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION | UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION-NEW YORK

Offers the opportunity for an individual to place a complaint if there is discrimination or harassment in the work place, and the management of the company has not taken care of the problem.

What's Here

Employment Discrimination Assistance

OBREROS UNIDOS DE YONKERS / UNITED LABORERS OF YONKERS | CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY - AISLING IRISH CENTER

Will offer referrals to needed services in the community, help with claims against employers who discriminate and/or do not pay, help file police reports if they are robbed or assaulted, etc.

What's Here

General Benefits Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Individual Advocacy

OBREROS UNIDOS DE YONKERS / UNITED LABORERS OF YONKERS | CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY

Will offer referrals to needed services in the community, help with claims against employers who discriminate and/or do not pay, help file police reports if they are robbed or assaulted, etc.

What's Here

General Benefits Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Individual Advocacy

SUFFOLK COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION | RIVERHEAD COUNTY CENTER

Investigates complaints of unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, credit, and education that have occurred in Suffolk County and enforces various local, state and federal laws that give people equal rights. Call for detailed information.

What's Here

Discrimination Assistance
Law Enforcement Complaints
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance

OBREROS UNIDOS DE YONKERS / UNITED LABORERS OF YONKERS | CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY - ST. JOHN BOSCO

Will offer referrals to needed services in the community, help with claims against employers who discriminate and/or do not pay, help file police reports if they are robbed or assaulted, etc.

What's Here

General Benefits Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Individual Advocacy

HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION PROGRAM | ROCKLAND COUNTY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Investigation of unlawful discriminatory practices relating to housing, employment and public accommodation. Committed to reducing tension and conflict among or between various groups in community. Confidential complaints process for persons experiencing discrimination. Organizes Stop Prejudice Now awareness program.

What's Here

Constitutional / Civil Rights Groups
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance